Alan Curry Award & TIAFT Achievement Award

It’s that time of the year again when we turn our minds to nominating a deserving member for one of our prestigious TIAFT awards.The deadline for nominations for this year’s TIAFT Alan Curry Award and the TIAFT Achievement Awards will close on 24th September 2025.All nominations must be on the correct form (see links below) and sent to the individual […]

New Online Lecture!

TIAFT Achievement Award winner and current Board Member for Oceania Assoc. Prof. Jennifer Schumann has prepared a new online lecture for TIAFT members. In this, she uses her extensive experience to talk about Forensic Epidemiology and how this can provide the link between public health and law. The link to the lecture can be found […]

Submissions for the Bryan S. Finkle Visiting Scientist Grant are now OPEN

In the next few months, TIAFT will award another Bryan S. Finkle Visiting Scientist Grant. The grant is to be used by the end of 2025. Please read the below information carefully if you are interested in providing or receiving extensive training through this grant. Any Standard or DCF member of TIAFT is eligible to […]

The TIAFT CEC needs YOU!

WE WANT YOU The TIAFT Continuing Education Committee is in search of presenters for our upcoming webinar on Case Studies and Interpretation scheduled for July 2025, exact date to be confirmed in consultation with the presenters. We are seeking members who can present a concise 10-minute case study with a notable interpretation challenge. Experts will […]

TIAFT Travel Grant applications are now open for 2025!

TIAFT Travel Grants will be awarded for members to attend the TIAFT Annual Conference in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, 23-27th November, 2025. Grants will be awarded to up to 2 Standard Members and up to 4 DCF Members, provided they meet the eligibility criteria (including submission of an abstract to the Annual Meeting) and can demonstrate […]

TIAFT Bulletin (March 2025) is now available

The March 2025 Issue of the TIAFT Bulletin is now available in the Members’ Area! Once logged in, find it by heading to the “Documents” tab at the top of the page, then the folders “TIAFT Bulletin (1963 to Present)”>”TIAFT Bulletin (2020-2029)”. The most recent issue is “2025 – Volume LV Number 1.pdf”. This is […]

New TIAFT Bulletin Editors

Meet your new TIAFT Bulletin Editorial Team! Rebecca Hartman (USA) is joined by Sam Joubert (Australia) and Luke Rodda (USA) to continue the great work that has made this publication an essential resource for our community. First, a heartfelt thanks to Jennifer Schumann, who has served as co-editor from 2016-2024. Her dedication, expertise, and editorial […]

Continuing Education Committee Webinar: Exploring the Evolution and Detection of Alcohol & Illicit Drugs in Vaping Devices

Date: Tuesday, 25th March 2025Time: 9.00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time Time Title Speaker 9.00am EST Welcome and Introduction Board member 9.05am EST Setting the stage : The Evolution of E-cigarettes as a Device to Vape drugs other than Nicotine Michelle Peace, PhDVirginia Commonwealth University, Department of Forensic Science 9.45am EST Etomidate and Its Analogs in Vaping-associated […]

New lecture on cocaine available

Wherever you are practicing forensic toxicology, it is highly likely that cocaine and its metabolites are a common finding. In this 45 minutes lecture, Dr. Daniel S. Isenschmid, from the Center for Forensic Science Research & Education (Pennsylvania, United States), presents an overview of the substance and discusses its postmortem interpretation. You can find the […]

JAT New Co-Editors-In-Chief

The Journal of Analytical Toxicology (JAT) is pleased to announce that Dr. Frank T. Peters from Germany and Dr. Dayong Lee from the United States have been appointed as the new co-Editors-in-Chief. Both Drs. Peters and Lee have been serving the journal as Senior Associate Editors and in other editorial roles for several years. They […]